IPL 2019: Match 42, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab – Statistical Preview

Royal Challengers Bangalore got off the mark in their 7th game but have managed to keep themselves alive in the tournament with three wins from their last four games. They survived special knocks from Andre Russell and MS Dhoni in their previous two matches to bag two points apiece. They will now face the Kings XI Punjab who are losing the momentum like the previous season. KXIP have won four of their first six matches this season but have won only one in their previous four matches.

All the key stats and numbers ahead of the key clash between RCB and KXIP in Bangalore:

6 – Number of fifties in the IPL for AB de Villiers at the Chinnaswamy Stadium since the start of 2018. De Villiers batted in nine innings at this venue over the last two seasons scoring 479 runs in nine innings at an average of 53.22.

26 – Umesh Yadav’s 26 wickets in the IPL against Kings XI Punjab are the joint-most by any player against them. Sunil Narine also claimed 26 IPL wickets against the KXIP thus far. Umesh’s 26 wickets came in 17 matches at an average of 18.07. He has five player of the match awards in the IPL against them including two in two during the previous season.

46 – AB de Villiers has a batting average of 46 in the IPL against the Kings XI Punjab. He has scored 598 runs against KXIP in 18 IPL innings with help of six fifties. De Villiers scored four fifties in the last six IPL innings against them.

49 – Yuzvendra Chahal needs one more wicket to become the first player to bag 50 wickets in the IPL at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Chahal is the only bowler with 50+ T20 wickets at this venue having picked 55 wickets from 42 matches here including the record 6/25 in a T20I.

96 – Both Yuzvendra Chahal and Dale Steyn need four more wickets to complete 100 wickets in the IPL having claimed 96 wickets apiece. All the 96 wickets Chahal has in the IPL came for RCB while Steyn has 31 of the 96 for the Bangalore franchise.

191 – Chris Gayle has scored 191 runs across his four innings in the IPL against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He averages 63.66 against his former IPL franchise including an unbeaten 99 earlier this season.

619 – Virat Kohli is one of the seven players to aggregate 600 runs in the IPL against the Kings XI Punjab. He scored 619 runs against KXIP at an average of 30.95 with help of a century and two fifties.

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